Well the thought of waiting was killing me. So while going from store to store I would usually look at the drain cleaners to see what had Hydro acid and what really didnt. I came across a plain jane drain cleaner named drain cleaner by the works works company, and no I didnt repeat myself. The ingrediants were just Hydro acid and rust inhibitors. I tried to look up the percentage of the acid in the mix but to no avail I couldnt find anything. So after a my search I got buggy and went outside and followed Steve's video about AP and instead of using the trimmings off cards I just used it on the exposed gold platings on various cards My notes were simple on my first trial and error
I used a total of 160ml of drain cleaner and added peroxide when the bubbles died down. After a while I gave up for the night it was getting late.
The next day I reverted my thinkings and I only used 60ml and peroxide and things stated bubbling again. Then after a while it stopped and never started up again. But it was getting a little cold out cause a storm was moving in. So that got me thinking about why dont I try to heat up the solution and see what happens. So I went and got some hot water and submerged the glass I was using inside a peanut butter jar with the hot tap water, a few seconds later a small set up bubbles started on the gold plating. About 30 seconds into it the entire area of gold palting was bubbling so from then on thats what I did, when it stopped bubbling I merely just replaced with hot water. So far this method I am using is just attacking the plating and nothing else. I have reused the same solution several times. There is foils that drop and when the hot water trick dont work I pour it thru a filter and its all back to new. The one thing I have noticed is that the solution is getting a deep golden green and gets darker the more I use it. I dont have anything to drop it or see if there is gold in the solution as of yet. But till then I will just keep truckin along with what I am doing. I will post pictures of it soon and my little setup so its more clear.
Rich
I used a total of 160ml of drain cleaner and added peroxide when the bubbles died down. After a while I gave up for the night it was getting late.
The next day I reverted my thinkings and I only used 60ml and peroxide and things stated bubbling again. Then after a while it stopped and never started up again. But it was getting a little cold out cause a storm was moving in. So that got me thinking about why dont I try to heat up the solution and see what happens. So I went and got some hot water and submerged the glass I was using inside a peanut butter jar with the hot tap water, a few seconds later a small set up bubbles started on the gold plating. About 30 seconds into it the entire area of gold palting was bubbling so from then on thats what I did, when it stopped bubbling I merely just replaced with hot water. So far this method I am using is just attacking the plating and nothing else. I have reused the same solution several times. There is foils that drop and when the hot water trick dont work I pour it thru a filter and its all back to new. The one thing I have noticed is that the solution is getting a deep golden green and gets darker the more I use it. I dont have anything to drop it or see if there is gold in the solution as of yet. But till then I will just keep truckin along with what I am doing. I will post pictures of it soon and my little setup so its more clear.
Rich
